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Well, despite my initial found the light to be even and very much. The ballroom is a
misgivings about how well consistent. As far as I was lighting nightmare.
this design would actual- able to tell, the light is consis- To make matters worse,
ly perform, I was incredibly tent with daylight balanced Inanna wore a sequined
pleased—and for the sake of standards (5600 degrees mask. (Think of each individ-
this article, I didn’t use the Kelvin), and the model’s ual sequin as a tiny mirror.)
Chimera mount or any of our skins tones were perfect. (See However, I was able to light
soft boxes. I used the kit ex- images below.) the space and Inanna without
clusively, so I was limited to My model, Inanna, and losing detail in the mask. The
bouncing the light from the I worked in the ballroom results were far better than I
D1 off rather small umbrel- (attic) of Belmont Estate. had been able to achieve with
las. Also, consistent with my This is a difficult place other strobes we have tested
“stay with the kit” approach, to work. The ballroom is in that space.
I didn’t use a remote trigger. a large, dark space, with These lights are not inex-
I set the lights to slave and knotty pine raised panels pensive. But, if you are seri-
then used my Canon 580 EX everywhere, including the ous about photography and
II flash to fire them. Even in ceiling. The dormers tend to lighting, the Profoto D1 kit is
this primitive configuration, let a lot of light in, but that worth every penny. ■
the lights fired flawlessly. I light doesn’t alter the space

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